JP2009199567A - System and method for license-manageable download sales of music cd - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of selling a medium interactive with music CD through the Internet and specifying a purchaser from the sold medium. <P>SOLUTION: A music software supplier distribute an exclusive program for forming music CD to the purchaser through the Internet. A purchaser starts the program to obtain purchased music data for forming music CD from a server system of the music software supplier, and writes the data to a medium such as CD-R/RW to form a medium interactive with music CD. Electronic fingerprint data is incorporated to the delivered music data, and the incorporated electronic fingerprint data is read by an exclusive program. The read electronic fingerprint data is verified with purchaser information managed by the music software supplier, thereby the purchaser of the medium is predetermined. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a system and method for implementing copyright management in a music CD.

A conventional method for selling music CDs is a method of distributing media using physical distribution means.

In addition, music CD-compatible media is not distributed in the download method via the Internet.

In distribution of music CDs by physical distribution means, all purchasers have the same hardware media, and it is difficult to investigate and track in case of violating copyright, such as illegal copying by electronic data.

In addition, the download method via the Internet is mostly played on a PC or played by a dedicated player, and it takes time and effort to use dedicated conversion software in order to use it as a music CD.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to distribute a hardware medium compatible with a music CD in which license information of a purchaser is incorporated via the Internet.

In order to solve the above problems, the music software supplier generates a license with a copyright for the software to be sold when a purchase request is received from the purchaser, and stores and manages it together with the purchaser's information. To do.

The music software supplier converts the license that has been licensed into electronic fingerprint data and incorporates it into the music data to be distributed to the purchaser.

Also, the purchaser prepares a program and environment for creating a music CD, and notifies the purchaser of information for downloading.

Upon receiving the notification, the purchaser accesses an Internet site for obtaining a music CD creation program, downloads and stores the media builder program.

The purchaser executes the saved media builder program.

The media builder program accesses the management site of the music software supplier to confirm the license of the purchased media, and obtains distribution data information. If the license cannot be confirmed, the process is stopped.

Based on the acquired distribution data information, access the distribution site of the music software supplier and download the distribution data.

A CD-R or CD-RW media is created in a music CD compatible format using the downloaded distribution data.

After the media creation is completed normally, the management site of the music software supplier is accessed to notify that the media creation is successful.

The CD-R or CD-RW media received by the purchaser includes license information for which a copyright is granted to the purchaser. This is an excellent characteristic that is not present in CD sales by existing distribution routes, and is useful information that can be used for the purpose of copyright protection.

Even if the music media obtained by the purchaser is converted into electronic data and illegally distributed, the owner of the music media can retrieve the embedded electronic fingerprint data and compare it with the license information managed by the music software supplier. Can be reliably identified.

The flow of processing in the present invention is shown in FIG.
The purchaser accesses the sales site 201 prepared by the software supplier through the browser 101 and completes the software purchase procedure.

Next, the site 201 creates license information for which copyright is permitted, and stores it in the DB 301 together with the purchaser information.

Based on the sales software 302, the distribution information 303 is created by incorporating the license information of the DB 301 as electronic fingerprint data.

A media builder program 304 used by the purchaser to create music software is created.

Upon receiving the notification from the media distribution system 202, the purchaser downloads and stores the media builder program 304.

The purchaser activates the media builder program 304.

The activated media builder program 103 accesses the management site 203 of the music software supplier and inquires for confirmation of license information.

The management site 203 that has received the license permission confirmation inquiry refers to the license information and purchaser information stored in the DB 301, and checks the validity of the license and whether or not the media can be created. To notify.

If the purchaser's license is invalid or if the authorized amount of media has already been created, the processing is stopped.

The media builder program 103 accesses the distribution site 202 of the music software supplier and downloads distribution data 303.

The media builder program 103 writes music data to the CD-R or CD-RW 305 based on the downloaded distribution data 303 to create a music medium.

If the music media can be created normally, the music software supplier's management site 204 is accessed to request registration of the media creation information.

The management site 204 that has received registration of the media creation information updates the license information stored in the DB 301 and stores information such as the media creation quantity.

Although various specific examples have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to these specific examples, and various modifications can be made without departing from the technical scope of the present invention. Of course there is.

For example, the transmission means of the distribution data on the Internet may be any transmission means that can deliver the distribution data from the music software supplier to the purchaser. Of course, the license method incorporated into the music media may be any method as long as the music software supplier can extract the license from the created music media.

    In this invention, it is a figure which shows the structure of a function.

Explanation of symbols

100 Purchaser's action / work / processing range 101 Browser used by purchaser 102 Mailer used by purchaser 103 Media Builder program being executed 200 Action / work / processing range of music software supplier 201 Provision of music software supplier Web site for selling software 202 Internet server system for media distribution 203 Management site for license information confirmation 204 Management site for registering media creation information 301 Licenses and purchasers managed in the database Information 302 Music software without digital fingerprint data stored for sale 303 Music software with electronic fingerprint data incorporated for distribution 304 Media builder program stored for distribution 305 Finally created CD-R or CD-RW of form music media

Claims (9)

A method of distributing music software through the Internet and writing it on a CD-R or CD-RW medium by a purchaser to create a medium compatible with a music CD. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the license information under copyright permission management is incorporated into the music software as electronic fingerprint data. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the purchaser notifies the music software supplier that the music media has been successfully created, and the music software supplier manages this information. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when writing the distribution data to the music media, the license information is inquired and verified with the music software supplier, and the creation of the music media exceeding the quantity permitted to the purchaser is prohibited. A method characterized by that. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a program for creating music media is distributed. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data to be distributed can be used only after it is finally written in a hardware medium. The software system for distributing music media according to claim 1. 3. The software system according to claim 2, wherein the license information is incorporated as electronic fingerprint data into the music software to be sold. 3. A software system according to claim 2, for managing purchaser information and embedded license information.

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